Difference between developed and developing countries

The Hanoitimes - On September 8th , Economic & Urban newspaper in cooperation with Department of Planning and Architecture, Hanoi Urban Planning Institute hold a workshop entitled "Hanoi Urban, 60 years of construction and development 1954-2014 ".
Attending the conference were Chairman of Ha Noi People's Committee Nguyen The Thao; Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Quoc Hung; Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Dinh Toan; representatives of Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department; leaders of departments, districts, towns of Hanoi , and the participation of experts, scientists, regulators, industry-leading architects of the Ministry of Construction,etc The content of the workshop "Urban Hanoi, 60 years of construction and development from 1954 to 2014" focused on two main parts: Implementing the Planning of Hanoi Capital region construction by 2030 and State management of urban planning.
Speaking at the workshop, Chief Editor of Economic & Urban … [Read more...] about Hanoi: 60 years of construction and development – 60th anniversary of Hanoi’s liberation – My HaNoi

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For over 1000 years of development, especially after Liberation Day 10/10/1954, Hanoi conitnues to develop along with the achievements of - economic society. From a city with small scale consumption goods, industry with only a few production facilities, difficult material and spiritual life, Hanoi nowadays is not only the capital city, the center of political, national administration, major centers of culture, education, science and technology, economics and international exchange, but also a large urban, multi-oriented and modern civilized city. Along with the preservation and promotion of cultural values - history, the capital has changed. Many new urban areas are formed, many commercial centers, major cultural works and the works of modern infrastructure has been renovated and new construction has been built as planned.
In particular,the overall planning of Hanoi built by 2030 and vision by 2050 was approved by the Prime Minister with the aim and vision of green, … [Read more...] about “Hanoi: 60 years of construction and development”

PANO - The special exchange "Friendship in border areas" held in the Hanoi Opera House on the evening of March 1st with the participation of art troupes from Laos, Cambodia, China and the host Vietnam highlighted great contributions of border guards to building friendly border lines and ensuring security at border areas. The event, co-organized by the Border Guards Command and the Vietnam Television is to celebrate the 55th founding anniversary of the Border Guards and the 25th anniversary of the Whole-People Border Day. The Border Guards have twice been titled "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" and three times been granted the Ho Chi Minh Order. As an invited guest, Lieutenant General Vo Trong Viet, Chief of the Border Guards, said that one of the vital factors contributing to proud achievements of the Border Guards over the past 55 years is the love for the country, loyalty and creativeness of border guards of different periods. Addressing the event, Senior Lieutenant General … [Read more...] about Friendship between Vietnam and neighbouring countries consolidated

Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and the Asia-Pacific region hit approximately US$14 billion in the past seven months of the year with exports estimated at US$6.56 billion, up 54 percent compared to last year. It accounted for 60.8 percent of the yearly plan and 67 percent of total earnings from exports to different parts of the world.
The figures were released at a conference held at the Vietnamese embassy in Tokyo, Japan on August 27 with the participation of Vietnamese ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thanh Bien and trade counselors from 15 trade offices in the Asia-Pacific region.
At the conference, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Bien said that there have been big fluctuations in the world and regional economic situations in recent times, making a negative impact on Vietnam’s economic development. He asked trade counselors to implement trade promotion activities effectively, contributing to ensuring socio-economic growth … [Read more...] about Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Asia-Pacific increase sharply

It accounted for 60.8 percent of the yearly plan and 67 percent of total earnings from exports to different parts of the world. The figures were released at a conference held at the Vietnamese embassy in Tokyo, Japan on August 27 with the participation of Vietnamese ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Thanh Bien and trade counselors from 15 trade offices in the Asia-Pacific region. At the conference, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Bien said that there have been big fluctuations in the world and regional economic situations in recent times, making a negative impact on Vietnam’s economic development.He asked trade counselors to implement trade promotion activities effectively, contributing to ensuring socio-economic growth rates. Vietnamese ambassador to Japan Nguyen Phu Binh emphasized that the Asia-Pacific is one of the leading regions which play a very important role in Vietnam’s economic trade and investment relations. The … [Read more...] about Trade value between Vietnam and Asia-Pacific increases sharply

By using information technology (IT), the health sector has taken a long and efficient step in narrowing gaps and broadening conditions and opportunities for people to timely have access to healthcare services, fostering public healthcare development. Online meetings Recently, a lot of international and national seminars and meetings have been held online by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, which means that all exchanges and directions to different issues of human resource training, cholera and A/H1N1 flu prevention and control have been dealt with via Internet-connected computers. The online seminar entitled "Healthcare human resources" 2008 that was chaired by Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien with three bridgeheads of the Ministry of Health, the Ho Chi Minh City-based Pasteur Institute and the Hue Central General Hospital is a prominent example. The seminar with the participation of 100 representatives from different areas at each bridgehead had helped save VND300 … [Read more...] about IT Application in Health Sector Narrowing Gaps between Healthcare and Community

Apart from very basic strong points, there are hidden corners in the press-business relationship and we do not dare to look openly and directly at those negative points in a positive way. And that is the reason for the long existence of this one-sided viewpoint on this bilateral relationship. With a frank, wholehearted and responsible talk, Mr Nguyen The Ky, Head of Press and Publication Department under the Central Propaganda Bureau, brings in an objective and accurate stance on the true nature of the press as well as necessity and long-time consistent effort to build a sustained environment for relationships between the press and the business world to thrive. On the 85th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day anniversary, he has given an exclusive talk to the Vietnam Business Forum. I have mentioned the relationship between the press and the business community as it is quite a sensitive issue in the recent time but is always avoided to be talked about. As far as I am concerned, I have … [Read more...] about Mutual Relations between Press and Business

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Last updated: Friday, January 25, 2013
Mekong and African Countries Promoting Inter-bank Links to Boost Trade
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The International Organization of Francophonie (OIF), the International Trade Centre (ITC) and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) organized a conference in order to develop banking and economic cooperation between the Francophone countries in the Mekong region (including Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) and their partners in Central Africa and West Africa. More than 100 financial institutions and economic organisations from the three regions mentioned above participated in a conference to compare the mechanisms and practices of banking organizations and propose recommendations to facilitate banking cooperation, economic and trade relations between the Francophone countries in the Mekong region, the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union … [Read more...] about Mekong and African Countries Promoting Inter-bank Links to Boost Trade

Q: Rapid and complicated developments in the regional and global situations are forecast for 2017, notably, the involvement of major countries in the Asia-Pacific. In your opinion, will there be any new policies towards the Asia-Pacific region by the new administration of US President-elect Donald Trump? And how will they impact the region in general and Vietnam in particular? A: There are still different predictions about the foreign policy priorities of the new US administration. I think the Asia-Pacific region will continue to occupy a high priority. There is a fairly common assessment that the future of the 21st Century lies in the Asia-Pacific and thus, the whole world is interested in this region. The US is no exception. Its interests here are quite diverse and include politics, diplomacy, economics, security and defence, among others. For the US, the Asia-Pacific presents great opportunities at the same time great challenges. Firstly, there is the opportunity to develop and … [Read more...] about Maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in Asia-Pacific

This is the first ASEAN summit under the theme "Partnering for Change, Engaging the world" held by the Philippines as the ASEAN Chair 2017. The event takes place at a time when ASEAN sees a number of good achievements in implementing the ASEAN Vision 2025 and master plans on all the three pillars of the community, in celebration of the 50th founding anniversary of the bloc and the second anniversary of the establishment of the ASEAN Community.
Regarding political-security, 217 out of the 290 action lines or nearly 75% are implemented albeit at different degrees. In economic terms, ASEAN has so far fulfilled 532 out of the 611 (87%) while the bloc is actively realizing the Master Plan for a socio-cultural community with the 109 action lines.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits in Laos. Photo: news.zing.vn
To facilitate the community building, ASEAN continues to step up efforts for connectivity and narrow the development gap. Particularly, the bloc has … [Read more...] about Vietnam striving to bolster ASEAN connectivity for regional peace, stability and development